Answer:
What are the non What are the non religious festivals in the Philippines.
Davao - Kadayawan Festival. Kadayawan is a festival meant to celebrate a good and bountiful harvest.
Baguio - Panagbenga or Panagbanga Festival. Closely similar to Kadayawan, this festival celebrates the blooming of flowers.
Dagupan - Bangus Festival.
Catanduanes - Abaca Festival.
Other Festivals:
religous festival in the philippines.
1.CHRISTMAS is the longest and happiest of the Filipino festivals. Christmas in the Philippines commences on December 16 and ends in the first Sunday of January (or the feast of Epiphany).
2.QUIAPO FIESTA is celebrated on the second Tuesday of January. It is the feast day of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo Church. After the main mass, the famous statue of the Black Nazarene, carved in Mexico during the 18th century, is placed ona gilded carriage and borne in procession around the Quiapo district, with thousands and thousands of devotees participating.
3.ATI-ATIHAN -- “Hala Bira! Hala Bira!
This resonant cry fills the air as the people of Kalibo (Aklan) and their visitors – dressed in outlandish costumes and get-ups -- gyrate through the streets in a hypnotized mass of dancing and shaking. Feet stamping, hands clapping, bongos beating , and whistles blowing, all cry out the rhythmic beat of the Ati-Atihan, undoubtedly the most fantastic fiesta in the Philippines.
4.HOLY WEEK – Being the only Christian nation in Asia, the Philippines naturally celebrates the passion and death of Jesus Christ in a grand manner. Here are the major celebrations related to the Holy Week:
5.SANTACRUZAN is the queen of Maytime festivals. It is a novena procession, in commemoration of Saint Helena’s finding of the cross. Saint Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. The procession, however, differs from other religious processions in that it does not parade the usual images of patron saints. Instead, biblical and historical characters are represented by the local people dressed in appropriate costumes.
6.HARI-RAYA PUASA is a thanksgiving feast, commemorating the Ramadan – the Muslim fast which lasts for 29 days. It is celebrated on the first day of the ninth lunar month in the Muslim calendar. (February in the Christian calend ar.) Hari-Raya Puasa is a fast-breaking holiday. An excited beat of a drum signals the end of the Ramadan and the start of the festival.
7.PENAFRANCIA FLUVIAL FESTIVAL starts with a nine-day novena. The ninth day, usually falling on the third Saturday of September, is marked by a fluvial procession. The image of the Virgin Mary is carried on a barge which is trailed by thousands of devotees in boats gliding alongside. People who line the river banks shout “Viva la Virgen! as the Virgin passes by.
8.ANTIPOLO PILGRIMAGE – “Tayo na sa Antipolo, at doo’y maligo tayo, sa batis na kung tawagin, ay Hi-Hi-Hinulugang Taktak, at doo’y kumain, ng mangga, kasuy at balimbing, kaya’t magmadali ka at, tayo ay sumama sa Antipolo.”
